Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-19
THE LOVE-STRiCKEN MAIDEN
Miss Van 2andt Still Determined to Marry
Anarchist Spies.
THE GIRLS AUNT FRUSTRATED
Pittsburg Society stirred Up Over the
AFFAIR = Probability That the
Sheriff Will Yet Put
Stop to 1t.
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1 CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.A.lSpecial Telegram to
the BEE.l- license for the marriage of
August Spies and Nina Clarke Van Zandt
was taken out at the county building few
minutes before 10 o'clock to-day. The bride
elect, accompanied by Captain Black called
for the document which was granted with
out hesitation. The event continues to ex-
cite wonderment and disgust, and the action
of the girls parents and herself remains in
comprehensive, The Journal, discussing
the subject says editorially: at is, of course.
useless to reason with the demented girl,
who Is proud of her fermentation and of the
notorIety with which it has clothed her, but
the law and the judgment of the court in
which Spies was tried give Sheriff Matson
control Of MIN as felon under sentence Of
death and this power the sheriff should exer
else to save the girl from an infamous act
and from future full of woe, upon which
she would enter If allowed to carry
out the folly and indecency which
she Is desirous of committing. The
thought of marriage and of the relations that
it involves is, under the circumstances sur.
rounoing the scandal, q revolving one. If
married will the girl be permitted to- occupy
Spies cell with him as bridal chamber?
Will she be permitted to incur the possibility
of motherhood, with all the sorrows that it
would bring with 1t? This view of the sub
lect is practical and not an indelcate one. 1t
Is impressed with Irresistible force on every
humane and generous mind, 1t Is overpow-
ering in view of the horrible vileness of the
proposed nuptials and the. horrors that they
must understand that the moral sense and in
tellirence of the entire community are
shocked BY this proposed marriage He is
held in publ opinion responsible for its pre-
permits it to, proceed" The anarchist attor-
neys and all their friends are pushing the
marriage in every possible way.
HER AUNT FRUSTRATED.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 1S.-Development Of the
sensational circumstances in the case of Miss
Nina Van Iandt and her determination to
become, the wife of August Spies, the con-
demned anarchist, eliminated today in the
wealthy aunt. The aged grandfather, VIM.
Is. Clark, and the affectionate aunt both be
str stricken by the waywardness of young lady.
The scandal has created sensation in soci-
ETY. circles and is the topic of the hour among
all classes.
WHAT THE SHERIFF WILL DO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-In an interview to-
night on the subject of the approaching
marriage Of Anarchist Spies and Miss Van
zandt, Sheriff Maison said; ~ have
arbitrary right TO prevent the marriage. AS
custodian Of the jail and Of the prisoner |
have the right to exclude visitors when feel
a, visit from them should not be allowed
Should the marriage actually take place it
glil be q marriage in pane only so long as
SpleS is III my CUSTODY
When the license had been procured to-day
Captain Black called upon the sheri-
lf for permission to use the In
sane court room for the cere-
mony. The sheriff said Spies would not be al
lowed to go out of the Jail. The sheriff said
the public looked upon the proposed mar.
riage as a disgraceful affair and that the
clamor against it would increase, The sher-
itf would not say positively what he would
do in case. Miss Van Zanat appeared at
Spies cell Thursday to, be married. He was
in hopes she would come to her senses before
that time.